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By ALEXANDER RAPP

LACONIA – Coe-Brown senior defenseman Joey Alie was injured for the Division III state championship. Like many of the Bears’ seniors, for those who helped build a winning culture and led the team to its first state title game in program history, the loss to Plymouth hurt.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Charles Michelson remembers his first time trying a drive up a steep hill on a motorbike, back when he was just a few feet tall and about the same age as his 8-year-old son is now.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

The New Hampshire Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Concord athlete against the state’s athletic supervisory organization, ruling that the former student lacked standing in the case and the court system lacked jurisdiction over the claims.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

To get better at tennis, or any sport for that matter, you need to play around the clock, year-round. No one knows this better than Concord High girls’ tennis coach Greg Malette.

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HOLDERNESS – In their fourth consecutive state championship appearance, top-seeded Coe-Brown Bears fell short against Kingswood, 8-2, in the Division II softball final.

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Before the start of the playoffs, Coe-Brown’s coach Tony DePalma was taking his team through the motions of staying undefeated, one game at a time. Through seven years with the boys’ lacrosse program, he was still hunting for the first postseason win. Finally, he’s led the Bears to their first state championship game with a win over the Hopkinton Hawks, 14-7.

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The Coe-Brown softball team trusted its bats from beginning to end to outscore Merrimack Valley in the Division II semifinals on Wednesday. An eight-run first inning and a seven-run sixth saw the Bears run away and move on to the state finals.

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Freshman pitcher Bailey Cassin did it again. She pitched 9 innings with her trustworthy freshman catcher Kiley Taylor and kept the Concord High softball team in its Division I semifinal game with undefeated defending champion Londonderry on Wednesday.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

BEDFORD – The Merrimack Valley girls’ lacrosse team’s motto all season was “Who would have thought?” Despite losing in the school’s first-ever girls’ lacrosse state championship, the players stood proudly with their second-place plaque as their fans gave them one last round of applause.

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NASHUA – After three very tight quarters where Merrimack Valley dominated, but couldn’t pull away, senior Alyssa Brodeur fired a high, driven, fast and accurate shot into the top right of the goal from the right side edge of the 8-meter circle and put her team ahead 12-8 as the third quarter expired.

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LACONIA – Despite the weather improving for the second Division III girls’ lacrosse semifinal in at Bank of New Hampshire Stadium in Laconia, seven unanswered goals by the top-seeded St. Thomas Saints to start the second half shut the door on Bow in a hard-fought, but very difficult, semifinal for the Falcons.

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LACONIA – Senior attacker and captain Sydney Westover was emotional after her last game in a Hawks uniform. A big defeat in the Division III state semifinal was heartbreaking, but she knew that she, and the rest of her team, left it all out on the field. 

By ALEXANDER RAPP

What started as an improvisational experiment 10 year ago between friends in the New Hampshire film scene is nearing its cinematic debut.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

PENACOOK – The Division II quarterfinal between the Merrimack Valley Pride and Oyster River-Newmarket was tied 7-7 at the end of the third quarter. Then, the offense found a flurry of opportunities to score and did not miss to secure MV’s first girls’ lacrosse final four appearance.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

The Kearsarge Cougars swept Bishop Brady, 9-0, in a hard-fought Division III state championship game to claim their third state championship in five years.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

For the first time, New Hampshire will host the prestigious Steinbrecher Cup at Manchester Memorial High School’s stadium. This tournament will crown the men’s soccer national amateur champion, and one of the teams in the running is New Hampshire’s own Seacoast United.

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BOW – A seven-goal and two-assist performance by attacker Ella Gray, and eight saves by goalie Gianna Trott moved Bow swiftly through the first round of Division III playoffs with a big, 18-3, win over Kearsarge on Tuesday afternoon. 

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The Kearsarge High boys tennis team showed its experience on home court and delivered a 7-2 win over Moultonborough Academy in the Division III semifinals on Monday.

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Jamison Banks addressed his class of 32 fellow Concord Christian Academy graduates at One Church in Bedford with a simple phrase his father taught him: “Sometimes a fallen world falls on us.”

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NORTHWOOD – Sophomore midfielder Avery Keefe led the Coe-Brown Bears with four goals and one assist to reach 100 points on the season, secure a playoff berth and eliminate the Pelham Pythons from contention with a 12-10 win.

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BOW – In a crucial game for playoff seeding, Bow’s senior pitcher Nate Kiah stood strong on the mound and delivered a full game with eight strikeouts to earn the Falcons a 3-1 win over Kingswood.